Sweetpea Manor Musings

I called off work last night because of the shoulder problem and if one is off more than 7 days (counting days off) you automatically get bumped into the Medical Leave of Absence and the tons of paper work with that. So, I went to doctor today. My doctor 'retired' to go manage the medical care in the CA prison system so the new guy is a D.O. and had been a medic in Operation Desert Storm. I must admit to being apprehensive...would I be faced with a ex-Marine who would immediately give me grief about my weight? Turns out he's a very nice man, and very down to earth (no Doctors=God complex.) I am fortunate in that he is also knowledgeable in sports medicine (being a doctor for a hockey team.) He twisted my arm this way and that until he got the 'oh, eh, erm, ah-AH-OUCH!' he wanted. Decided I needed about two weeks of physical therapy and since I have to be cleared with zero restrictions, I'm off for two weeks approximately. I have sprained a few of my rotator cuff tendons.

I had a tough night at work on Sunday. Busted my buns for 10 hours straight before I begged for relief and finally got to eat and drink something. As a result, I was knackered. When I got home, I went to sling my purse over my shoulder and something went POP! just below my shoulder. The left arm wouldn't go forward or to the side after that; went backwards just fine though. So, I had to call in 'sick' to work for the last two days since I couldn't drive and certainly couldn't perform my job. This morning the arm can go forward again so I have hope that this is something that will heal up on it's own. Yay!

So, I've caught up on TV. In fact, I'm currently watching one of the Olympic Curling games I tivo'd but didn't have time to watch. Mens, Denmark vs. Canada. I have 4 more to go. *g*

I'm catching up on my flist. Don't be surprised if I answer old posts. Maybe I'll try the AO3 next since yard work is definitely out.

And playing with the cats. Hey, I saw Abby growl at *Brindle* when he was trying to block Buddy from coming in the house! Our little girl is growing up. Brindle just looked very pained and and stomped away with a wave of his tail that said, "oh, the indignity of it all!" Since then he's been very sweet so I have hopes that in a couple of years the three of them will be very happy together. *g*

I was thinking about this last night and wanted to make note of it. Move along now to something more interesting. *g*

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It rained last week and that was wonderful. Out here in Southern California, the winter (if we're lucky) means rain and the rain causes everything to turn green and the native type plants flower. It's rejuvenation, rebirth and so, so refreshing!

Work was eh.

In culling stories to read from my flist, I saw a rec for Scarification by
green_grrl and that is such a fantastic story. Well worth a reread:
http://green-grrl.livejournal.com/68962.html

The economy is still in a death spiral. I *think* the hospital is okay, but the ratio of patients has definitely changed. Gone are a lot of the elective surgeries and up are admissions of people without health insurance. What exactly will happen when all the hospitals fold? Oh, who cares? They're all evil money grubbers, right?

Anyway, I had been neglectful of my own health care for the past 4 years so I thought I'd get everything checked while I'm still employed with health care. So, yesterday was the mammogram. The hospital has a new Woman's Center where they do those now. It's in an adjacent building that has gone through many uses. The Woman's Center is up on the third floor from with fantastic views of the mountains (which are all snow covered right now.) The waiting room was very classy with black lacquer furniture, grey upholstery and blood red highlights. In the back room where you change, there was a big walnut cupboard to store the gowns and the room is what I called, bordello chic. The beige wallpaper was designed to look like thick cloth that had been quilted with large buttons. More black lacquer, black checked curtains with big tassels, more blood red accents. Very sumptuous. I'm just glad the interior designer decided against pastels, bows and hearts. Definitely not girly, and a lot of fun.

Then we went out to dinner at a popular Chinese buffet. We were there at 6pm and there was only two other parties there. Very scary. Three other pairs of people had come by before we left but still!

TV....
For NCIS, I know the folks that like Tony will be happy but I thought it a strange ep. Okay for a change but please don't make a habit of it. Afterwards, Mom and I tried without much success to figure out who did what and finally gave up. And what's with that scene with Palmer? Tony doesn't like geeks. It works okay as a strange dream ep but not really as a regular ep. Imho, of course. *g*

Criminal Minds. Rossi's arrogance comes back to smack him in the ass, eh? I do admit that I now like Rossi where I didn't for most of last season. The main thing is that the actor isn't trying to take over the show like LaPaglia did with Without a Trace. Rossi has made specific connections with the rest of the cast and his character has made a space for himself within the balance of the team. And the episode was really good, as always. That moment when they go to tell Zoey's mom the bad news was so real, I had tears. That cry of devastating loss was so real.

I'm still catching up but the tv watching has been impaired by me needing to finish Sovereign by CJ Sansom. A mystery that takes place in 1541 (?) when Henry VIII goes to York. I love how rich the details are. And I'm quite familiar with York so I can easily see the settings.

So much to do, so little time.

We had a room addition built 15 years ago and it has two sky lights. It seemed like a good idea at the time.... Yeah, one of them leaks. ( Read more... )

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